Alan Broughton
From a small Merino farm in NE Victoria. B.Arts (Monash 1971), Cert. Horticulture (Burnley 1975), Graduate Diploma Sustainable Agriculture (Orange 1998). Involved with Organic Agriculture Association (Gippsland) since 1985, currently vice-president. Nursery work. Small organic producer (certified by NASAA for 5 years). Wrote and taught Diploma of Organic Farming 2001-2016 (NMIT, Federation Training).
Employed by Australian Landscape Trust at Strathfieldsaye Estate in Gippsland to do grazing management research and manage organic certification 2007-2016. Hundreds of published articles on sustainable agriculture. Prepared on line soil management course for Farming Secrets. Currently involved with Mekong Organics teaching occasional organic courses in Vietnam. Visited many organic farms in Australia, SE Asia and East Africa.
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- What Can Farmers Do To Win?Organic certification is one way around that, but there's a lot of farmers who are not really interested in becoming organically certified, but they still want to produce using biological methods. Fair trade certification. The post What Can Farmers Do To Win? appeared first on Farming Secrets.
- We Are Already Producing Food Enough For Nine Billion PeopleIt's a total myth that free trade will solve hunger. The world already produces enough food for the expected population in 2050. We're already producing food enough... The post We Are Already Producing Food Enough For Nine Billion People appeared first on Farming Secrets.
- Sustainable Agriculture Is Not A Saleable Technology, And So The Research Doesn’t Get Done In ThatI spend a bit of time in the book talking about technology and research, and the paradigms of research. These days, most agricultural research is funded not by governments. The post Sustainable Agriculture Is Not A Saleable Technology, And So The Research Doesn’t Get Done In That appeared first on Farming Secrets.
- The Answer for a Lot of Farmers is Reduce their InputsThe government keeps saying to farmers, increase your inputs in order to stay viable, and yet it's all those inputs that are part of the problem. The answer for a lot of farmers is reduce their inputs as much as they can. The post The Answer for a Lot of Farmers is Reduce their Inputs […]
- Farmers Are Becoming More Interested In Changing Their MethodsThere's a rapidly growing movement I think of farmers who are becoming more interested in changing their methods, because the old methods cost a lot, and they basically don't work anymore, for a lot of people. The post Farmers Are Becoming More Interested In Changing Their Methods appeared first on Farming Secrets.
- Is This The Most Important Book About Australia’s Agricultural History?I don't know if anyone has heard of Bruce Pascoe, he also lives in East Gippsland where Alan's from. He wrote a very important book that was published a couple of years ago, Dark Emu. Has anyone heard about this? The post Is This The Most Important Book About Australia’s Agricultural History? appeared first on […]
